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I would probably go for the old Ludwig Van and a scene from Clockwork Orange. I also now realise that outside of just noticing that there's something on your back, you could count how many times the line goes in and out of any given space to quickly tell if your catch is there (should be an odd number).
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Nick is lovely as himself  Heavy_D posted:After briefly considering Beethoven's Fifth, I decided that would have gone for Pachelbel's Canon for the classical music task, in the manner of Nick. The timbre of blowing bottles would be fitting to the piece, and it's very performable thanks to its slow and steady pace. You could even go round a few times with variations on the rhythm. After seeing Joanne's attempt, I was thinking a photo or a model of a mountain, and turning the light on and off while shaking a sheet of metal. Greg would have guessed that right away. Nick had the right idea going with something simple and easily recognizable. The other choices were... interesting.
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May 10, 2024 10:11
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itry posted:Nick had the right idea going with something simple and easily recognizable. The other choices were... interesting. Well, Greensleeves is also simple and recognisable, if you can, you know. Play it.
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I'd have to double-check the wording, but was there a loophole which would let you perform 4'33'' on the outdoor piano? Seeing as how it doesn't involve using the instrument to make a sound? If not, creating a prop "piano" is still a lot easier if it's never going to have to sound a note...
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I think the task said it should be classical music. Is 4'33'' classical? Is it even music? I think Greg would've disqualified you.Tenebrais posted:Well, Greensleeves is also simple and recognisable, if you can, you know. Play it. Poor Steve 
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Would screaming "ME FERN BRADY ME FERN BRADY" been against the rules tho?
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itry posted:I think the task said it should be classical music. Is 4'33'' classical? Is it even music? I think Greg would've disqualified you. Oh I think I'm daring him to, but in the studio I'd be pushing back with my full reserves of GCSE music knowledge. You bet I'm nit-picking that Greensleeves isn't Classical, it's Baroque. And Beethoven's 9th falls into the Romantic period ak-chu-a-lee. If I'm going down, I'll at least be amusingly petulant about it...
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Heavy_D posted:Oh I think I'm daring him to, but in the studio I'd be pushing back with my full reserves of GCSE music knowledge. You bet I'm nit-picking that Greensleeves isn't Classical, it's Baroque. And Beethoven's 9th falls into the Romantic period ak-chu-a-lee. If I'm going down, I'll at least be amusingly petulant about it... I like it 
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oh jay posted:Would screaming "ME FERN BRADY ME FERN BRADY" been against the rules tho? it *is* a classic
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I didn’t quite understand what they were going for with the fishing task? Was it all just a setup for the red herring / fish pun? Didn’t seem like there was much to it besides ‘follow this string around’ and wasn’t particularly entertaining to watch.
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May 11, 2024 15:58
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It did feel like one of those tasks that just didn't work out how they thought it would, but for some reason they didn't cut it. Which makes you wonder how bad those tasks are.
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May 11, 2024 16:05
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What was the TV commercial that they mentioned during the classical music task? I think they said it had waves turning into horses but the only ad I can think of with that is this one which definitely doesn't feature one of the pieces of music they played in the episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9znA_dwjHw
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May 11, 2024 17:16
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Seph posted:I didn’t quite understand what they were going for with the fishing task? Was it all just a setup for the red herring / fish pun? Didn’t seem like there was much to it besides ‘follow this string around’ and wasn’t particularly entertaining to watch. I still long for an uncut clip of Tim Vine following a string. Strings are great.
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Seph posted:I didn’t quite understand what they were going for with the fishing task? Was it all just a setup for the red herring / fish pun? Didn’t seem like there was much to it besides ‘follow this string around’ and wasn’t particularly entertaining to watch. It's a complicated setup, extremely simple solution task that generally fucks with members who's the type to overthink tasks or look for loopholes
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Seph posted:I didn’t quite understand what they were going for with the fishing task? Was it all just a setup for the red herring / fish pun? Didn’t seem like there was much to it besides ‘follow this string around’ and wasn’t particularly entertaining to watch. I think they just made a frustrating task hoping someone to go berserk but ended up leaving it in because how effortlessly and happily Nick cleared it.
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CatstropheWaitress posted:I really don't want him to win, but I will say this is becoming his redeeming trait imo. Other competitive contestants at least tried to hide it a little, but he is just borderline pathetic in how much it matters to him to win, and it wraps around to being kind of adorable. Yeah, Greg went full "bemused teacher" to John during the classical music task.
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May 11, 2024 18:49
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John's final look towards Alex after his musical performance had amazing "please clap" energy. It is peak comedy.
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May 11, 2024 19:02
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lol, now we know where that missing banter section went: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9puvztApts
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May 11, 2024 20:21
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CatstropheWaitress posted:lol, now we know where that missing banter section went: I'm passionate about pepperoni pizza
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May 11, 2024 21:42
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Also I'm very okay cutting the banter section in favor of the sticker joke at the end, that poo poo was both silly and delightful.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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CatstropheWaitress posted:lol, now we know where that missing banter section went: Nick getting lifted out of those rings by Greg 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXuqKOsisVY
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Oh wow this is loving horrible. I hate this so much. People do this? This is in the newspaper?
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Anyone else got a "Taskmaster's Birthday" entry in their calendar for tomorrow?  https://www.taskmastersbirthday.com/
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Gripweed posted:Oh wow this is loving horrible. I hate this so much. People do this? This is in the newspaper?
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Gripweed posted:Oh wow this is loving horrible. I hate this so much. People do this? This is in the newspaper? That's nothing. Check out this pile of premium grade nonsense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFcfOFBWGNA
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May 13, 2024 10:53
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crosswords are great you heathens.
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I'm okay at regular crosswords, but the couple of times I tried Guardian's cryptic ones, I barely could figure out three or four clues. It's a whole different beast and you have to know hundreds of short hands and conventions to even begin to enjoy it.
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anilEhilated posted:I think it's a uniquely British thing?
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Yeah, we got those on the continent as well, I meant the "every clue is a riddle" bit.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Crossword are a thing stateside but they don't do the cryptic thing and their grid style is different such that there's a lot more words in the same size grid. You'll find specialist puzzle setters in the US producing cryptics - there'll always be some in the MIT Mystery Hunt, for instance - but they're not daily newspaper content; actually, despite being British, I've had a little more success with American cryptics through the years. Although that said a common US daily crossword's 'theme clues' will occasionally touch on cryptic methods, and the occasional "?" lateral-thinking clue is often akin to the 'cryptic definition' form of cryptic rule (which is frequently - but not always - notified by a ? over in our cryptics, too). Stephen Sondheim was a big fan of cryptics. I think he might have set some? He had certainly written about them.
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Seph posted:I didn’t quite understand what they were going for with the fishing task? Was it all just a setup for the red herring / fish pun? Didn’t seem like there was much to it besides ‘follow this string around’ and wasn’t particularly entertaining to watch. I think it was because the producers were gently finagling and arranging things around so poor Nick had at least one good episode, and this task happened to be one of the tasks he actually did well on. Not an exciting task, and possibly one that would have been cut had he done well in anything else...but at least he had a lovely time doing it.
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Yeah that's actually one of my big questions about the show, are they playing with the task order to make everyone have one good episode? Also who decided to make David Correos untie 4000 shoelaces?
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I think they will sometimes try to arrange it so that people they know did very poorly in a lot of tasks will have at least one good episode. Of course they don't have any control over how the prize or studio task will go, as we saw with Judi Love when she came so close to winning one episode only to lose it in the live task.
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https://twitter.com/TaskMasterAU/status/1789792742022808002
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May 13, 2024 21:07
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Those KMarts sure have everything.
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Happy birthday, Greg!
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Happy birthday, Greg!
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And Kev!
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The Cookd and Bombd forum have a leak of the s18 lineup. Two names I'm looking forward to.
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